The Tree Thread

[Don Blackmond]

leafing out

 

[Don Blackmond]

another nerifolia

 

[Dav4]

another nerifolia

Don, have you been working out?

 

[Don Blackmond]

per doctor's orders....

 

[Jason]

Tree Torture Theme

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A BRT I bought from an auction. Too straight for my liking so I bent it. 2" at the base, 1-1/2" at bend area and done with make shift bending tools out of branch trimmings, wires and turnbuckles. LOL Bent about 20 degrees. This is probably the hardest wood I bent to date.

Love that bougie...then again I haven't seen any tree of yours that I didn't like yet.

Re: the pic of flower and fruits...those are not tree pics.

Dario, that is some serious tree torture! Here is an air layer project of mine that fits the same theme. This japanese maple looked like it needed "pruning".




Great thread everyone!!

 

[Jason]

Ready for spring...buds moving!
I thread-grafted 6 seedlings through the base to improve the nebari, so it's planted a bit deeper this year.

Nice maple Brian. Since I know you like Hawthorns, here's mine in it's first real pot.

I messed up the bark during the transplant. Hopefully it won't take long to grow back. This is my biggest tree and will likely be compacted (a little).

 

[Nybonsai12]

This gets my vote as best thread since I have joined bnut. Here is My fukien tea. My very first tree and what started my addiction. It's a terrible mallsai my wife got me for a birthday. Had it about 8 years now and pretty much haven't done a thing to it other than keep it alive and the occasional trimming of branches. I'll keep it forever as a reminder of where it all started.

 

[Tona]

My vote too!! Here's my tall procumbens (about 33 inches). I am changing the foliage direction this year. It use to be more horizontal. Not the best angled pic though.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Nice maple Brian. Since I know you like Hawthorns, here's mine in it's first real pot.View attachment 32383

I messed up the bark during the transplant. Hopefully it won't take long to grow back. This is my biggest tree and will likely be compacted (a little).

Nice shaggy bark! Its looking good.
Peter was looking at mine last year and was telling me that it really needs to bark up...except this kind doesn't. I like the exfoliating bark just as much.

 

[Don Blackmond]

another ficus

 

[Don Blackmond]

do mushrooms count?

 

[Don Blackmond]

or a bouquet of flowers?

 

[october]

do mushrooms count?

Don, I would not want to have to move your trees around. I'll stick with trees like this Spruce.

Rob

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

another ficus

Here's the air layer from that big mushroom ficus, Don. Living in Iowa now, from MI, via Birmingham!

 

[Don Blackmond]

Here's the air layer from that big mushroom ficus, Don. Living in Iowa now, from MI, via Birmingham!

Very cool!

Another....

 

[Don Blackmond]

Very cool!

Another....

and another

 

[Don Blackmond]

isn't there some saying about seeing the forest through the trees...

 

[Don Blackmond]

rainy days and Mondays....

 

[Poink88]

Wow Don...those are all wonderful!!!

Thanks for sharing!

A ligustrum stump I will be carving soon. It is much bushier now.
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[Don Blackmond]

collected bald cypress
second photo captures the "why did I sell it" moment